Black Friday 2016

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As promised, here are some notes about the specific deals we saw in ads that looked really good, as well as a few that you miiiight want to steer clear of. We'll update this post throughout the week with additional details or deals that we hear about or see, so check back on Thursday at least to get the latest, and be sure to check out blackfriday.com or the retailer's website to get all the dirty details. Happy shopping!


*Apple Update Nov 23rd*

  • Target will be offering 15% off all Apple products Sunday and Monday both in store and online.
  • Apple will actually be having a Black Friday sale! Seriously, guys, this never happens. No word yet on what the deals will be, but it will be one day only, in their stores and online. Check your local Apple store's hours before you go.


  • Walmart
    • straight talk iPhone 5s for $90
    • Roku express for $25
    • 55 inch Philips 4K LED for $300
    • 32 inch Samsung LED 1080p for $190
    • bunch-a cheap movies
    • lots of cheap android tablets… maybe don’t
    • 2tb western digital portable drive
    • kinda okay HP 15.6in laptop bundle (mouse, sleeve, flash drive) for $350, not bad for school, not great either
    • sub $100 windows 10 tablet with keyboard - is it worth it?
    • lots of crappy cheap phones, slight discount on newer iPhones, not as good a deal as the 5s
    • battlefield 1 xbox one s bundle, $250
    • xbox 360 bundles, but really don’t
    • discounts on controllers and some lego/skylanders games, lotsa other games
  • Amazon
    • $100 off non touch bar 13in MacBook Pro
  • Target
    • xbox one s battlefield 1 bundle, $250
    • 50 inch Hisense 4K LED for $250
    • for the love, don’t buy a hover board
    • 25% off all Apple TVs, including the 4
    • $60 Polaroid android tablet, plz don’t
    • Beats headphones are all on sale, may not be worth the money to most people
    • 20% off iPods, up to $150 off iPads
    • Amazon Fire tablet at $33, best cheap tablet (not great, but cheap)
    • Deals on Garmin and Fitbit trackers
    • Controllers same price as walmart
    • movies and games similar prices to Walmart
  • Sam’s Club
    • Decent consumer grade laptop and desktop from HP for $500
      • lotsa ram, big hard drives, okay processors, but no SSDs or discrete graphics and lousy screens as the tradeoff for the low price
  • Best Buy
    • 49 inch 4k LED Toshiba tv for $200
    • 60 inch LG 4k LED for $600
    • Fire tablets, probably comparable to what Amazon will have on their site
    • 13 inch MacBook Air for $800
    • 21 inch iMac for $900
    • Surface Pro 4 bundle for dirt ($600)
    • standard console bundles and whatnot
    • some sub $100 laptops and tablets, be careful with those
    • Their 720p tvs are kinda pricey compared to other places
    • Fire TV and Chromecast are $10 off, but my money (Caleb) is on the Roku 3 for half off
    • Denon 7.2 amp for $430
    • Sony 7.2 amp for $200
    • Toshiba 55 inch 4k tv and PS4 Pro for $750
    • the cheap Samsung tablets are better than most other cheap brands
    • HP pavilion 2-in-1 for $350, decent specs
    • AMD FXF RX 470/480 will get you a $50 Best Buy gift card
    • nothing great in the desktop space
  • Costco
    • lots of options for tvs
    • TV wall mounts up to $30 off
    • Better selection of on-sale laptops than other places
      • My money would be on the 15 in HP Envy
    • Dell XPS with discrete graphics for $200 off
    • The Surface is about $250 cheaper here
  • Fry’s
    • HDMI computer stick for $90, if you want a streaming box with more power
    • Decent spec HP laptop for $390
    • “cloud book” is a pile running Windows 10, if it costs more than $100 it’s not worth it
  • GameStop
    • All used stuff is buy 2 get 1 free, not sure if that means you could buy an xbox, a playstation, and get a Wii free
    • Also, used Wii’s are less than $40… not sure they’re even worth that.
    • PS4 Uncharted 4 bundle or Xbox One S Gears of War 4 bundle for $250. PS4 includes one other game
    • All the special edition Xbox Ones are $50 off
    • Steam Link and Steam Controller are $15 off, will probably be same or even less on Steam
  • Kmart
    • $8 Google Cardboard style VR headset
    • 32 inch samsung LED 1080p for $190
    • No 4k tvs, no good phones or tablets
  • Micro Center
    • several 22-24 inch 1080p monitors for less than $100
    • 240 gig SanDisc SSD for $67, 480 gig for $120
    • 1 tb HDD western digital for $45
    • LGA 1151 Gigabyte mobo for $100
    • FM2+ gigabyte mobo for $45
    • AM3+ ASUS mobo for $55 (older)
    • Lots of cheap SanDisc flash drives and memory cards
  • Newegg
    • Some quality desktops and laptops for less than $1000. This would be my (Caleb) recommended source if you’re looking for a computer.
    • There are still some cheap android tablets I (Caleb) would avoid like the plague
    • Gigabyte GTX 1070 8gb for $400
    • 120 gig Kingston SSD for $35
    • 960 gig SanDisc SSD for $220
    • Skylake Quad core i7 for $300
    • LGA 1151 gigabyte mobo micro atx for $42
    • Liquid cooler for $70
    • 6 pack of 60-watt equivalent LED bulbs for $13
    •  MacBook Airs and iPads three years old for pretty good prices
  • Shopko
    • Doorbuster 32 inch LED tv (prob 720) for $80
    • good doorbuster deals on larger tvs as well, expect limited availability
    • Doorbuster android tablet for $25, at that price it’s hard to go wrong
    • Samsung tablets from $70 and up, would likely be obsolete within a year
    • Good deals on Garmin trackers
    • $20-$30 bluetooth headphones, probably good enough quality for most people, especially teens
    • bunch-a movies

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